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  • Page 2 Copyright © 2013 Visual Land Inc. All rights reserved. Google, Android, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Play, and other trademarks are property of Google Inc. Visual Land and the Visual Land logo are trademarks of Visual Land Inc. All other marks and trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Table of Contents 1. Get Started............Page 3 2. Play & Explore............Page 4 3. Tune Performance..........Page 14 4. Enter & Edit Text..........Page 18 5. Connect to Networks...........Page 21 6. Connect to Keyboards, Mice & Other Devices...Page 29 7.

  • Page 4: Get Started

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Getting Started Power On & Sign In To turn on your Connect 9, press the Power button on the right edge near the top for a few seconds, then release it. Charge the battery The battery may not be fully charged at first.

  • Page 5: Play & Explore

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Play & Explore Browse Home Screens To move between Home screens, swipe left or right. To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go and drag the blue dots. To remove it, touch & hold, then drag it to the Remove icon at the top of the screen.
  • Page 6 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Certain notifications can be expanded to show more information, such as email previews or calendar events. To ©2013 Visual Land Inc. P a g e...
  • Page 7 If you want to dismiss all notifications, touch the Dismiss icon at the top of the notification shade. drawer. Getting Around At the bottom of every Connect 9 screen, no matter what you’re doing, you’ll always find these three navigation buttons: Back Opens the previous screen you were working in, even if it was in a different app.
  • Page 8 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Home Opens Home. If you’re viewing a left or right Home screen, opens the central Home screen. Recent Apps Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps you’ve worked with recently. To open an app, touch it. To remove a thumbnail from the list, swipe it left or right.
  • Page 9 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Other common gestures include: Touch & Hold: Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your finger until an action occurs. Drag: Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your finger, move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position.
  • Page 10 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Settings On the All Apps screen or the Utilities home screen, notice the settings icon. This brings you to the settings screens for your tablet, where you can adjust things like network, sound, and account settings, among many others.
  • Page 11 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book unauthorized access. if a lock has been set, the screen locks when your tablet’s display goes to sleep. When you touch the power button to wake up a locked tablet, you must take some action, ranging from a simple swipe to typing a lengthy password, to unlock it.
  • Page 12 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Access Your Content To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go and drag the blue dots. To remove it, touch & hold, then drag it to the Remove icon at the top of the screen.
  • Page 13 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book To remove an app icon from the Home screen, touch and hold it, slide your finger toward the top of the screen, and drop the app over the Remove icon . Most apps include a Menu icon near the top or bottom of the screen that lets you control the app’s settings.
  • Page 14 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book To customize the sounds your tablet makes, go to Settings > Device > Sound: Volumes sets the master volume separately for music, notifications, and alarms. You can still use the physical volume control on the tablet to raise or lower volume of whatever sound is currently playing.

  • Page 15: Tune Performance

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Tune Performance Optimize Battery Life You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how apps and system resources consume battery power. Settings > Device >...
  • Page 16 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Check battery level and usage details open Settings > Device > Battery. The list at the bottom of the screen shows the breakdown of battery usage for individual apps and services. Touch a graph for more details. The details screen for some apps includes buttons that allow you to adjust settings affecting power usage, or stop the app completely.
  • Page 17 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Downloaded. Displays apps you’ve downloaded Running. Displays all apps, processes, and services that are currently running or that have cached processes, and how much RAM they are using. The graph at the bottom of the Running tab shows the total RAM in use and the amount free.
  • Page 18 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Disable button: Prevents the app from running, but does not uninstall it. This option is available for some apps and services that can’t be uninstalled. Clear data button: Delete an app’s settings and other data without removing the app itself.

  • Page 19: Enter & Edit Text

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Enter & Edit Text Use the keyboard You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. some apps open it automatically. in others, you open it by touching where you want to type. To make the keyboard go away, touch the modified back button below it.
  • Page 20 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type. The cursor blinks in the new position, and a green tab appears below it. Drag the tab to move the cursor. Select text: Touch & hold or double-tap within the text.
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  • Page 22: Connect To Networks

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Connect to Networks Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings. To use Wi-Fi, you connect to a wireless access point, or “hotspot.”...
  • Page 23 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the on position. The device scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon. If the device finds a network that you connected to previously, it connects to it.
  • Page 24 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on. Touch the Plus icon at the top of the screen. Enter the ssid (name) of the network. if necessary, enter security or other network configuration details. Touch Save.
  • Page 25 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Proxy settings are used by browser but may not be used by other apps. Touch & hold a network in the list of Wi-Fi networks you’ve added. Touch Modify network in the dialog that opens.
  • Page 26 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Network notification: by default, when Wi-Fi is on, you re- ceive notifications in the Status bar when your device de- tects an open Wi-Fi network. uncheck this option to turn off notifications. Keep Wi-Fi during sleep: To conserve mobile data usage, your device stays connected to Wi-Fi when the screen goes to sleep.
  • Page 27 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book To manage mobile data options, go to Settings > Wireless & networks > Data usage. Connect to Virtual Private Networks Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network, from outside that network.
  • Page 28 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book In the form that appears, fill in the information provided by your network administrator. Touch Save. The VPN is added to the list on the VPN screen. Connect to a VPN From the VPN screen, touch the name of the VPN. In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials.
  • Page 29 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book These settings are available under Settings > Wireless & networks > More. Follow the links for detailed instructions: Airplane Mode. Check to turn off all data transmission from the device. VPN. Touch to adjust settings that allow you to connect to websites and other resources within a secured local network from outside that network.

  • Page 30: Connect To Keyboards, Mice & Other Devices

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Connect to Keyboards, Mice, & Other Devices You can connect a keyboard, mouse, or even a joystick or other input device to your tablet via usb and use it just as you would with a PC.
  • Page 31 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Press Tab or Shift-Tab to move from field to field in a form or other screen with multiple text fields. Mice When you connect a mouse to your tablet and move the mouse, an arrow-shaped cursor appears, just as on a computer: Use the mouse to move the cursor.

  • Page 32: Connect To A Computer

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Connect to a Computer Connect to a Windows Computer via USB You can use a usb cable to connect your tablet to a Windows computer and transfer music, pictures, and other files in both directions. This connection uses the MTP protocol, which is supported by most recent versions of Windows.
  • Page 33 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book You can use a usb cable to connect your tablet to a computer running Mac OS X with a usb cable and transfer music, pictures, and other files in both directions. This connection uses the MTP protocol, which is not supported by Mac OS X natively.
  • Page 34 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book You work with this window much as if it were a Finder window: opening and closing folders, creating new folders, and dragging files to or from it and other Finder windows. Disconnect the USB cable when you’re finished.

  • Page 35: Manage Accounts

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Manage Accounts Add or remove accounts You can use multiple Google Accounts and Microsoft exchange Activesync accounts on your device. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts, depending on your apps. Some you can add in the Accounts section of settings, as described here.
  • Page 36 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Go to Settings > Accounts > Add account. Touch the kind of account to add. Follow the on-screen instructions. Most accounts require a username and password, but the details depend on the kind of account and the configuration of the service you’re connecting to.
  • Page 37 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book For any other type of account go, to Settings > Accounts > account-name and look for the Remove option. ©2013 Visual Land Inc. P a g e | 36...

  • Page 38: Change Backup & Reset Options

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Change Backup & Reset Options You can back up settings and other data associated with one or more of your Google Accounts. if you need to replace or factory reset your device, you can restore your data for any accounts that were previously backed up.
  • Page 39 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book more of these accounts on a new or reset device to retrieve the associated information. To add a new account, touch Backup account > Add account. Automatic restore. Check this option to restore settings and other data when you reinstall an app.

  • Page 40: Secure Your Tablet

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Secure Your Tablet Set Screen Lock Depending how you use your tablet, you may want to set some form of automatic screen lock to prevent unauthorized access. If a screen lock has been set, the screen locks when your tablet’s display goes to sleep.
  • Page 41 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Slide provides no protection, but lets you get to the Home screen quickly, or open Camera and start taking pictures immediately. Pattern lets you draw a simple pattern with your finger to unlock the phone. This is more secure than Slide unlock.
  • Page 42 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book information, and so on. if you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or password each time you turn on your tablet. Note that this is the same PIN or password that you use to unlock your tablet without encryption, and cannot be set independently.
  • Page 43 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book When you’re ready to turn on encryption: Touch Settings > Personal > Security > Encryption > Encrypt tablet. Read the information about encryption carefully. The Encrypt Tablet button is dimmed if your battery’s not charged or your tablet’s not plugged in.

  • Page 44: Work With Certificates

    CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Work with Certificates You can use digital certificates to identify your device for a variety of purposes, including VPN or Wi-Fi network access as well as authentication to servers by apps such as email or browser.
  • Page 45 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book To install a certificate from your tablet’s internal storage: Copy the certificate or key store from your computer to the root of your device’s internal storage (that is, not in a folder). Touch Settings > Personal > Security > Credential storage >...
  • Page 46 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book Warning: Apps such as email and browser that support certificates allow you to install certificates directly from within the app. For details, see the Help or other instruc- tions that come with each app.
  • Page 47 CONNECT 9 Android Tablet Guide Book To remove or disable a CA certificate, scroll down to the bottom of the details screen and touch either Disable for system certificates or remove for user certificates. When you disable a system CA certificate, the button at the bottom of its details screen changes to Enable, so you can enable the certificate again if necessary.
  • Page 48 The battery is not intended to be replaced by the consumer. If you believe the battery is damaged or needs to be replaced, contact Visual Land customer support for inspection and/or replacement. • Do not let the battery come in contact with liquids.
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